General Assembly: 108th Plenary meeting, 80th session

General Assembly marks International Day against Nuclear Tests, adopts texts establishing observances for ‘greening the planet’, safe AI.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:48:13
• Production Date: 31 August 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: IZUMI NAKAMITSU; ANNALENA BAERBOCK
• Corporate Name: UNODA; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS
• Subject Topical: DISARMAMENT; NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY; WOMEN; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; INTERNATIONAL DAYS; INTERNATIONAL MONITORS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; GREEN ECONOMY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; VERIFICATION
• MAMS Id: 3621873
• Parent Id: 3621251
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 108 PLENARY 31 AUG 2026 AM

Description

Meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests 35 years after the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site, speakers in the General Assembly today used the occasion to reflect on why testing moratoria must be upheld, as they also adopted resolutions related to greening the planet, missing persons, safe artificial intelligence (AI) and the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the United Nations.

Agenda Item 99: General and complete disarmament: High-level Plenary Meeting to Commemorate and Promote the International Day Against Nuclear Tests

Statements delivered:

• President of the General Assembly
• Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA)
• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
• Burundi (on behalf of the African Group)
• Andorra (on behalf of Western European and other States)
• Australia (on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty)
• Uruguay (on behalf of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC))
• Qatar (on behalf of Arab Group)
• European Union (on behalf of the EU and its member States)
• Philippines (on behalf of Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
• Kazakhstan (on behalf of Central Asian States)
• Costa Rica
• Timor-Leste
• Morocco
• China
• Indonesia
• Thailand
• Sweden
• Viet Nam
• Guatemala
• Republic of Moldova
• Mexico
• Ukraine
• Chile
• Norway
• Austria
• Nigeria
• Tunisia
• Japan
• Namibia
• Zimbabwe
• Sri Lanka
• Cambodia
• South Africa
• Fiji

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